Haryana win 12 gold on day two of para athletics meet

advertisement

PTI

April 1, 2017

UPDATED: April 1, 2017 19:25 IST

Jaipur, Apr 1 (PTI) Haryana won a staggering 12 gold medals and grabbed the top spot on the second day of 17th National Para Athletics Championships at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium complex. With Dharmendras gold in the T-46 category of mens 800 meters on the opening day, Haryana have accumulated 13 gold medals, three silver and four bronze. Haryanas dominance can be gauged by the fact that the next best team, Delhi, have so far won four gold, three silver and three bronze. The highlight of the day was a stupendous effort by Maharashtras Bhagyashree Mazire in the T-53 shot put category, where Indias Deepa Malik had won silver in the Rio 2016 Paralympics. Bhagyashree hurled the shot for a distance of 4.67 meters to easily win gold. Deepas effort in Rio was a personal best of 4.61 meters. She was far ahead of Bihars Archana Kumari and Haryanas Indu, who won the silver and bronze with a throw of 3.55 and 3.39 meters, respectively. Karnataka are third on the medals tally with three golds, three silver and one bronze. PTI AH AH

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

Get real-time alerts and all the news on your phone with the all-new India Today app. Download from